Eight injured, five of them seriously, police say, as investigators look into terror motive
The site of the deadly stabbings that left three dead and eight injured in Solingen, Germany. Photograph: Sascha Schuermann/Getty ImagesProsecutor Markus Caspers said that police are looking at a terror motive, adding that there is no other obvious motive and that the attacker appears to be unknown to the victims.
AfD appeal grows in some German cities as Björn Höcke calls for ‘180-degree shift’ in view of Nazi pastBeijing’s move to get more people married receives mixed reaction Den Verletzten wünsche ich eine schnelle Genesung. Der Täter muss rasch gefasst und mit der vollen Härte des Gesetzes bestraft werden. Earlier, Germany’s minister for interior affairs, Nancy Faeser, said security authorities were doing everything they could to catch the person and investigate the background to the attack, which occurred at the Fronhof, a market square in Solingen where live bands were playing.
The German musician who goes by the name Topic said he was playing on a nearby stage when the incident occurred. He was told about what happened but was asked to continue “to avoid causing a mass panic attack”, he posted on Instagram.
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